Thursday, March 17, 2016

Improvised Chokers

Trends do
come and go. I always get this reminder when my Tita would often tell me “Nauso
din yan dati” when she sees me sporting something that’s reminiscent of the
trend in her glory days. Hehe. An old maid in her 60s, I can tell that she’s seen
so much. So you can just understand the “ancient feels” I got when I saw this
trend coming back from the 90’s – the choker.

Not that I was already fashion conscious
then. But it’s one of those trends that you can easily participate as a kid
because the cheap plastic tattoo ones are available at school and you can
purchase even without asking your parents’ permission. :P I did a quick
research about the history of chokers and it’s fascinating how it’s been on since
the 1800s and used for different purposes. There’s no fixed identification for
different eras though– it can go as low as a uniform prostitutes in the 1860s or
an elite marker in the late 1800s.

In my interpretation, this trend is a
continuation of the neck scarf trend that I posted here. And if it is anything affordable like that, of course you can always count me in. :P But what’s better is
participating in the trend without me shelling out something from my wallet.
How?

In the first look below, I actually used
the cloth belt of my jumpsuit and wore it in my neck. Come to think of it, that’s
the only time I used it since I always remove it from the suit itself. :P In the second look though, I was actually
using a black rubber headband. There are so many resources to use to jump
into the bandwagon without actually buying. How would you improvise yours?J